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> [“At any rate, isn’t it lovely to, once in a while, feel small in the presence of your friend? Awed. Fortunate to experience nearness that calls upon space.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/durga-chew-bose/at-any-rate-isn-t-it-lovely-to-once-in-a-while-feel-small-in-the/)

[Durga Chew-Bose](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/durga-chew-bose/)

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## More by Durga Chew-Bose

> [“A woman carries her inner life—lugs it around or holds it in like fumes that both poison and bless her—while nourishing another’s inner life,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/durga-chew-bose/a-woman-carries-her-inner-life-lugs-it-around-or-holds-it-in-like/)

[Durga Chew-Bose](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/durga-chew-bose/)

> [“There’s strength in observing one’s miniaturization. That you are insignificant and prone to, and God knows, dumb about a lot. Because doesn’t smallness prime…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/durga-chew-bose/there-s-strength-in-observing-one-s-miniaturization-that-you-are/)

[Durga Chew-Bose](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/durga-chew-bose/)

> [“When those fault lines inside of us quake on account of all that is built up and unkempt between two people in love—on account…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/durga-chew-bose/when-those-fault-lines-inside-of-us-quake-on-account-of-all-that-is/)

[Durga Chew-Bose](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/durga-chew-bose/)

> [“The best ideas outrun me. That’s why I write.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/durga-chew-bose/the-best-ideas-outrun-me-that-s-why-i-write/)

[Durga Chew-Bose](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/durga-chew-bose/)

> [“Feral rearranging. Letting form ferment. Letting form pass through you.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/durga-chew-bose/feral-rearranging-letting-form-ferment-letting-form-pass-through-you/)

[Durga Chew-Bose](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/durga-chew-bose/)

> [“There's a recording of Nina Simone's "Ain't Got No", where Simone, after listing all the things she doesn't have - a home, shoes, money,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/durga-chew-bose/there-s-a-recording-of-nina-simone-s-ain-t-got-no-where-simone-after/)

[Durga Chew-Bose](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/durga-chew-bose/)

> [“Nook people confuse emotional truth with other varieties of truth. They are a composite of the last person who complimented them and the next…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/durga-chew-bose/nook-people-confuse-emotional-truth-with-other-varieties-of-truth/)

[Durga Chew-Bose](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/durga-chew-bose/)

> [“There’s might too in the incomplete. In feeling fractional. A failure to carry out is perhaps no failure at all, but rather a minced…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/durga-chew-bose/there-s-might-too-in-the-incomplete-in-feeling-fractional-a-failure/)

[Durga Chew-Bose](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/durga-chew-bose/)

> [“Even then, when time decelerates and the relative importance of our lives, of our hurry, undergoes a sudden, essential audit; even then, our heart…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/durga-chew-bose/even-then-when-time-decelerates-and-the-relative-importance-of-our/)

[Durga Chew-Bose](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/durga-chew-bose/)

> [“Like the hurt we cause when we've been enduring too much in silence and have started to trust our own fixed claim that everything…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/durga-chew-bose/like-the-hurt-we-cause-when-we-ve-been-enduring-too-much-in-silence/)

[Durga Chew-Bose](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/durga-chew-bose/)

> [“Essays that do not concern these directors’ works but are addressed to them—in spirit, tone, wash—because these directors have, over time, caused me to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/durga-chew-bose/essays-that-do-not-concern-these-directors-works-but-are-addressed-to/)

[Durga Chew-Bose](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/durga-chew-bose/)

> [“The genius of the word is that it’s more of an expression than a word.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/durga-chew-bose/the-genius-of-the-word-is-that-it-s-more-of-an-expression-than-a-word/)

[Durga Chew-Bose](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/durga-chew-bose/)

> [“Nook people are those of us who need solitude, but also the sound of someone puttering in the next room.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/durga-chew-bose/nook-people-are-those-of-us-who-need-solitude-but-also-the-sound-of/)

[Durga Chew-Bose](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/durga-chew-bose/)

> [“First love is all sensation and ambient zooms, and letting the world ebb.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/durga-chew-bose/first-love-is-all-sensation-and-ambient-zooms-and-letting-the-world/)

[Durga Chew-Bose](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/durga-chew-bose/)

> [“It’s an elbow propped on the edge of a table when you’re wrapping up an argument, or to signify you’re just getting started. An…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/durga-chew-bose/it-s-an-elbow-propped-on-the-edge-of-a-table-when-you-re-wrapping-up/)

[Durga Chew-Bose](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/durga-chew-bose/)

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